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# Validator

The Validator Page provides a purview into the state of the network validators - the backbone infrastructure of the blockchain. 

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Here is a brief explainer on the numbers that you might find interesting:

* **Validators:** number of validators on the network
* **Total staked aptos**: the amount of Aptos that has been staked to secure the network
* **Average validator staking**: Average amount of Aptos for each staking validator.&#x20;
* **Current Epoch**: the epoch that the network is on ( 1 epoch = 7200s)
* **Staking APY**: yield earnings on your staked Aptos

Going deep into the stats of each validator, we have:

* **Address**: the address of the validator/staking address
* **Index**: Validator number within the set&#x20;
* **Voting Power**: how much APT that the validator can vote with
* **Reward Performance**: shows the rewards performance of a validator. It is calculated as a % of the reward earned by the validator out of the maximum reward-earning opportunity, i.e., `(rewards earned across the epochs)/(maximum reward opportunity across the epochs)`. This is a cumulative metric across all the epochs.
* **Location:** where the node is located&#x20;
* **Operator Address**: the address of the node operator
* **Epoch**: the current epoch that the network is running on ( 1 epoch = 2700s)&#x20;